Joint brace plate



Sept. 18, 1951 v. LA GRANDE JOINT BRACE PLATE Filed April 1a, 1946 14 INVENTOR.

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ATI'D RN EYS Patented Sept. 18, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,568,453 JOINT BRACE PLATE Vito La Grande, Westfield, N. J. Application April 18, 1946, Serial No. 663,183 1 Claim. (01. 238-187) This invention relates to a joint brace plate and the primar object of the invention is to provide a device which fixed to the tie of a railroad rail at the meeting edges of said rail with a similar rail will prevent the joint thus formed from kicking out since the joint is completely covered by the plate.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention as applied to a rail joint.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device per se and Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring more in detail to the drawing the reference numeral l designates a railroad tie and 12 the rails extending thereover and the base or the tie plate 14 of the joint base plate I6 is seated on the tie II] and supports the meeting edges of the base flanges of the rails [2. The plate [4 is provided at one end with the shoulder l8 which engages one edge of the rail flanges and the shoulder 18 is provided with spike openings 20 to secure this end of the plate to the tie ID by means of spikes 21 passing there through and to be driven into the tie, the heads of the spikes 2| engage the angle bar 22, which engages the web and base flange of the rail which are secured to the web of the rails l2 in the conventional manner by the means of securing and tightening bolts 23.

A jaw 24 is formed on the opposite end of the plate 14 and the jaw opening 26 is of sufficient width to receive the angle bar 28 and the base flange of the rail 12 and the jaw is provided with spike openings 30 to receive spikes 3| to fasten this end of the plate to the tie in like manner as is the opposite end of the plate. The angle bar 28 being secured to the web oi the rails I2 in the conventional manner by means of the securing and tightening bolts 23 which also secure the angle bar 22 as previously stated.

Thus positioned the joint brace plate prevents the rails from kicking out of place under traffic or similar conditions.

It is believed that the construction and operation or the device will be apparent to those skilled in the art and it is to be understood that changes may be made in the details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a base plate, a shoulder formed on one end of said plate, a jaw portion on the opposite end of said plate, angle plates, one of which is engageable with said jaw portion and the other of which is engageable with said shoulder, spike openings in said jaw portion to secure this end of the base plate to a railroad tie, spike openings in said shoulder to receive spikes for securing this end of the base plate to the tie, the heads of the spikes through said shoulder overlying one of the angle plates to retain said angle plate in cooperative relation with said shoulder.

VITO LA GRANDE.

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